Afghanistan to Participate in Multiple Exhibitions in Lapis Lazuli Member Countries

A group of 1000 Afghan investors will be participating in multiple
exhibitions to display Afghanistan’s products in Lapis Lazuli members countries.

The exhibitions will be held in Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan,
Georgia and turkey in the next two months.

Afghan products such as carpets, handicrafts and fresh and
dry fruits will be displayed in the exhibitions.

Afghan investors are looking forward to the opportunity as
they deem it important for boosting Afghanistan’s exports.

Women investors are also among the participants. “We are
supporting women. We will help them to improve their business and display their
products at international exhibitions,” Tolo News quotes Tamanna Shahpasandi, a
woman investor.

On the preparations for the trip, Hafizullah Qul, an
organizer of the Lapis Lazuli convoy-a title given to the convoy of Afghan
investors who will travel to the Lapis Lazuli member countries- said the visa
problem for the participants is resolved.

“We have discussed the situation with embassies of Turkey
and Turkmenistan. We will talk with Georgia as well.”

The Lapis Lazuli Route Agreement was signed on November 15,
2017 on the sidelines of the RECCA VII in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

The route begins in Afghanistan’s northern Aqina port in Faryab province and
Torghandi in western Herat province and will run through to Turkmenbashi in
Turkmenistan.

From there it will cross the Caspian Sea and will link the Azerbaijani
capital Baku to Tbilisi and Georgia’s Black Sea ports of Batumi and Poti.

It will then connect with Kars in eastern Turkey before linking to Istanbul
and Europe.

The Lapis Lazuli corridor is a historic corridor. Almost
2,000 years ago, lapis lazuli stone was exported from Badakhshan in
northeastern Afghanistan through this route to Europe.